Olympic gold medalist Dame Valerie Adams has spoken about her "horrible" experience trying to get pregnant.
The athlete told Woman's Day her and her husband Gabriel Price began trying to conceive "almost immediately" after the Rio Olympics in 2016.
"Nothing happened as planned."
She said following an unsuccessful course of fertility-enhancing tablets, the couple decided on in-vitro fertilisation (IVF).
Ms Adams describes it as "the worst experience ever."
"All we could do was cry."
Ms Adams found out she suffers from endometriosis and was prescribed a different course of treatment, resulting in a successful IVF.
"I took about eight pregnancy tests and they were all positive," she said.
"I just loved seeing the double lines over and over again."
Daughter Kimoana Josephine was born last month.
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